A DOG owner was left injured and traumatised when she and her pet poodle were victims of a terrifying attack by another dog in the street, a court heard.

A DOG owner was left injured and traumatised when she and her pet poodle were victims of a terrifying attack by another dog in the street, a court heard.

Sarah Lloyd, the owner of the Staffordshire bull terrier which pounced on the poodle and then attacked its owner, was warned that she could face jail by Birmingham magistrates who adjourned sentence for a report to be prepared on her.

Lloyd, 30, of Bickington Road, Bartley Green, admitted a charge of having a dog which was dangerously out of control.

Angela Hallan, prosecuting, said Ruth Barlow was walking in Jiggins Lane, Bartley Green, at around 9am on April 24 this year with her dog on a lead when the attack came "like a bolt of the blue".

She said she heard pounding from behind and that the bull terrier leapt on to the back of the poodle and when Ms Barlow tried to pull the dog off, it turned on her, knocking her to the ground and biting her.

Ms Hallan said the poodle was left bleeding heavily in its chest from large puncture wounds and appeared to be in agony.

The animal was taken to a vet who found the dog had suffered internal injuries and needed surgery.

Ms Barlow, she said, had also suffered bite mark injuries to her left upper thigh and knuckles on her left hand and that she had experienced a loss of sensation in her hand.

She said she was now fearful of taking her dog out.

Kevin Good, for mother of two Lloyd, said she had had the dog, called Poppy, for three months and that up until then it had not acted aggressively towards humans or other dogs.

He said she had kept the animal in her garden which she thought was secure but it had escaped by digging a hole.